PAKISTAN

LAST ELECTIONS
 
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Chamber:
  National Assembly
 
Dates of election / renewal (from/to):
  17 February 2008
 
 
Purpose of elections:
  Elections were held for all the seats in the National Assembly following the dissolution of this body on 15 November 2007.
 
Background and outcome of elections:
  Text is being prepared.
 
STATISTICS
 
Round no 1 (17 February 2008): Election results
Number of registered electors 80'910'318
Voters
Blank or invalid ballot papers
Valid votes
 
 
Round no 1: Distribution of votes
 
Political Group Candidates Votes %  
Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarians (PPPP)  
Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)  
Pakistan Muslim League  
Independents  
Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM)  
Awami National Party (ANP)  
Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA)  
Pakistan Muslim League (Functional)  
National Peoples Party  
Balochistan National Party (Awami)  
 
Round no 1: Distribution of seats
 
Political Group Total
Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) 88
Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) 67
Pakistan Muslim League 42
Independents 29
Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) 19
Awami National Party (ANP) 10
Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) 6
Pakistan Muslim League (Functional) 4
National Peoples Party 2
Balochistan National Party (Awami) 1
 
Comments:
There are 60 others seats reserved for women and 10 seats for non-Muslim minorities.

Source: http://www.ecp.gov.pk/
There are four vacant seats.
Sixteen women were directly elected.
 
Distribution of seats according to sex:
Men: 262
Women: 76
Percent of women: 22.49
 
Distribution of seats according to age:
 
Distribution of seats according to profession:


 
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